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4		-	AN ACT concerning education.
5		-	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6		-	represented in the General Assembly:
7		-	Section 5. The Illinois Articulation Initiative Act is
8		-	amended by changing Sections 15, 20, and 25 as follows:
9		-	(110 ILCS 152/15)
10		-	Sec. 15. Participation. All public institutions shall
11		-	participate in the Illinois Articulation Initiative through
12		-	submission and review of their courses for statewide transfer.
13		-	All public institutions shall maintain a complete Illinois
14		-	Articulation Initiative General Education Core Curriculum
15		-	package, and all public institutions shall submit and maintain
16		-	up to 4 core courses in each of the an Illinois Articulation
17		-	Initiative majors major, provided the public institution has
18		-	equivalent majors and courses. All public institutions shall
19		-	provide faculty, as appointed by the Board of Higher Education
20		-	for public universities and the Illinois Community College
21		-	Board for public community colleges, to serve on panels in the
22		-	review of courses.
23		-	(Source: P.A. 99-636, eff. 1-1-17.)
24		-	(110 ILCS 152/20)
25		-	Sec. 20. Course transferability.
	3	+	1 AN ACT concerning education.
	4	+	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
	5	+	3 represented in the General Assembly:
	6	+	4 Section 5. The Illinois Articulation Initiative Act is
	7	+	5 amended by changing Sections 15, 20, and 25 as follows:
	8	+	6 (110 ILCS 152/15)
	9	+	7 Sec. 15. Participation. All public institutions shall
	10	+	8 participate in the Illinois Articulation Initiative through
	11	+	9 submission and review of their courses for statewide transfer.
	12	+	10 All public institutions shall maintain a complete Illinois
	13	+	11 Articulation Initiative General Education Core Curriculum
	14	+	12 package, and all public institutions shall submit and maintain
	15	+	13 up to 4 core courses in each of the an Illinois Articulation
	16	+	14 Initiative majors major, provided the public institution has
	17	+	15 equivalent majors and courses. All public institutions shall
	18	+	16 provide faculty, as appointed by the Board of Higher Education
	19	+	17 for public universities and the Illinois Community College
	20	+	18 Board for public community colleges, to serve on panels in the
	21	+	19 review of courses.
	22	+	20 (Source: P.A. 99-636, eff. 1-1-17.)
	23	+	21 (110 ILCS 152/20)
	24	+	22 Sec. 20. Course transferability.
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32		-	(a) All courses approved for Illinois Articulation
33		-	Initiative General Education codes must be transferable as a
34		-	part of the General Education Core Curriculum package,
35		-	consistent with the specific requirements of the package.
36		-	Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education courses
37		-	taken during the public health emergency declared by
38		-	proclamation of the Governor due to the COVID-19 pandemic
39		-	during calendar year 2020 must be transferable for students
40		-	receiving a grade of "pass", "credit", or "satisfactory" and
41		-	shall fulfill the prerequisite requirements for advanced
42		-	courses.
43		-	(a-5) All public institutions' institutions shall
44		-	determine if Illinois Articulation Initiative major courses
45		-	must be transferable as are direct course equivalents or are
46		-	elective credit toward the requirements of the major. If the
47		-	receiving institution does not offer the course or does not
48		-	offer it at the lower-division level, the student shall
49		-	receive elective lower-division major credit toward the
50		-	requirements of the major for the course and may be required to
51		-	take the course at the upper-division level.
52		-	(b) Students receiving the full General Education Core
53		-	Curriculum package must not be required to take additional
54		-	lower-division general education courses.
55		-	(Source: P.A. 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
56		-	(110 ILCS 152/25)
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	33	+	1 (a) All courses approved for Illinois Articulation
	34	+	2 Initiative General Education codes must be transferable as a
	35	+	3 part of the General Education Core Curriculum package,
	36	+	4 consistent with the specific requirements of the package.
	37	+	5 Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education courses
	38	+	6 taken during the public health emergency declared by
	39	+	7 proclamation of the Governor due to the COVID-19 pandemic
	40	+	8 during calendar year 2020 must be transferable for students
	41	+	9 receiving a grade of "pass", "credit", or "satisfactory" and
	42	+	10 shall fulfill the prerequisite requirements for advanced
	43	+	11 courses.
	44	+	12 (a-5) All public institutions' institutions shall
	45	+	13 determine if Illinois Articulation Initiative major courses
	46	+	14 must be transferable as are direct course equivalents or are
	47	+	15 elective credit toward the requirements of the major. If the
	48	+	16 receiving institution does not offer the course or does not
	49	+	17 offer it at the lower-division level, the student shall
	50	+	18 receive elective lower-division major credit toward the
	51	+	19 requirements of the major for the course and may be required to
	52	+	20 take the course at the upper-division level.
	53	+	21 (b) Students receiving the full General Education Core
	54	+	22 Curriculum package must not be required to take additional
	55	+	23 lower-division general education courses.
	56	+	24 (Source: P.A. 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
	57	+	25 (110 ILCS 152/25)
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59		-	Sec. 25. Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
60		-	Community College Board duties.
61		-	(a) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
62		-	Community College Board shall co-manage the implementation,
63		-	oversight, and evaluation of the Illinois Articulation
64		-	Initiative, including determining when panels must be
65		-	discontinued or convened and the specific requirements of the
66		-	General Education Core Curriculum. Panels must be convened
67		-	across the fields of General Education, Communications,
68		-	Humanities and Fine Arts, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences,
69		-	Social and Behavioral Sciences, Mathematics, Elementary and
70		-	Secondary Education, and other fields as determined by the
71		-	Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College
72		-	Board.
73		-	(b) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
74		-	Community College Board shall provide a joint report on an
75		-	annual basis to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the
76		-	Illinois P-20 Council on the status of the Illinois
77		-	Articulation Initiative and the implementation of this Act.
78		-	(Source: P.A. 99-636, eff. 1-1-17.)
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	68	+	1 Sec. 25. Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
	69	+	2 Community College Board duties.
	70	+	3 (a) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
	71	+	4 Community College Board shall co-manage the implementation,
	72	+	5 oversight, and evaluation of the Illinois Articulation
	73	+	6 Initiative, including determining when panels must be
	74	+	7 discontinued or convened and the specific requirements of the
	75	+	8 General Education Core Curriculum. Panels must be convened
	76	+	9 across the fields of General Education, Communications,
	77	+	10 Humanities and Fine Arts, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences,
	78	+	11 Social and Behavioral Sciences, Mathematics, Elementary and
	79	+	12 Secondary Education, and other fields as determined by the
	80	+	13 Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College
	81	+	14 Board.
	82	+	15 (b) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
	83	+	16 Community College Board shall provide a joint report on an
	84	+	17 annual basis to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the
	85	+	18 Illinois P-20 Council on the status of the Illinois
	86	+	19 Articulation Initiative and the implementation of this Act.
	87	+	20 (Source: P.A. 99-636, eff. 1-1-17.)
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